The Folly, D'abernon Chase, Leatherhead, KT22 0DN Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01132 - Existing Certificate of Lawful Use Live

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use in respect of the use of the existing brick and timber building for use as storage in connection to the main dwelling, ‘The Chalet’, for a period in excess of 10 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 2 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 2 Oct 2026.

The consultation period closed on 7 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 8

Ancient woodland
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
National nature reserve 349 m away: Ashtead Common; SSSI 318 m away: Epsom and Ashtead Commons SSSI; Priority habitat 25 m away: Deciduous woodland; Air quality management area 36 m away: Kingston upon Thames AQMA.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £925,000 in October 2024. Other property, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

29 October 2024£925,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
15 August 2016£755,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
26 June 2006£345,000Detached house
12 June 2003£225,000Detached house

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area34 m² (366 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (66 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached bungalow, 2 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingRoom heaters, electric
WallsTimber frame, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2026, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Existing Certificate of Lawful Use
Postcode
KT22 0DN
Received
8 Jun 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Leatherhead North
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
PlanningClarity
Freehold owner
Show

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00814
Comments by
7 Sept 2026
Committee
26 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Mole Valley is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #240 out of 296. Mole Valley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 76% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mole Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
72%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #291 of 296
76%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #291 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #240 of 296
43%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #172 of 296
47%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
71%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
15 decided
913
Total decisions
259 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.